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Simon Power Speech To Institute Of Intl. Affairs
Friday, 16 May 2003, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
SPEECH TO THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (PALMERSTON NORTH BRANCH), MASSEY UNIVERSITY, PALMERSTON NORTH More >>
Budget fails to deliver for Maori
Friday, 16 May 2003, 10:27 am | New Zealand National Party
Maori will not be impressed by Budget 2003, which effectively mainstreams them further, boosts Te Puni Kokiri's 'sheriff' activities and throws more money at the troubled Maori TV service," according to National Party Maori Affairs spokesperson Georgina ... More >>
Rural sector written out of 'no growth' Budget
Friday, 16 May 2003, 9:34 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has again shown its true colours, proving it is no friend of the farming sector, according to National Party Rural Affairs spokesman Shane Ardern. More >>
Govt gambles with our future
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 5:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is calling on the Government to explain why there's no new money for biosecurity in today's budget. More >>
National Party - No Growth Budget 2003
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
A special budget newsletter from National's Parliamentary Team Check out http://www.national.org.nz to find out more about the Budget, or to get in touch with us. More >>
Fifty new police will make no difference
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The 50 extra police promised in the Budget for Auckland will make no difference to crime in New Zealand's biggest city, says National Police spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
No funding boost to health in Budget
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders won't see the Government's claim of a "health funding boost" for another two years, and by then thousands more patients will be chopped off hospital waiting lists and others will have died waiting for surgery, says National Health ... More >>
No growth Budget squanders opportunities
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Finance spokesman Don Brash says today's Budget proves the Government has no credible plan to lift New Zealand's economic growth prospects. More >>
Lights dim on Labour in 'do nothing' budget
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Bill English says Michael Cullen's 4th Budget charts a course that leads New Zealand down the road to nowhere. More >>
Govt breaks credit card promise on student fees
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has broken yet another one of the promises it made to students ahead of the last two elections, says National Party Tertiary Education spokesman Simon Power. "Today's budget announcement on fees will inevitably lead to increases ... More >>
Government must stay out of Trans Rail deal
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 10:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is urging the Government not to meddle in the proposed bid by Rail America to buy Trans Rail Holdings Ltd. More >>
Don Brash Writes - No. 8, 14 May 2003
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 8:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Tomorrow, Dr Cullen will unveil his fourth Budget. It will almost certainly show a surplus of close to $4 billion (before taking account of "funnies" caused by revaluations of assets and liabilities as a result of changes in interest rates ... More >>
Controversial RMA clauses still in Bio-tech Bill
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 5:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
The controversial clauses that forced this week's embarrassing Government back down on the RMA must now be removed from the New Organisms and Other Matters Bill, according to the National Party. More >>
Documentaries on public TV plummet to 8-year low
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 5:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's merriment at the findings of the latest local content survey needs to be tempered by some alarming facts, says National Broadcasting Spokesperson Katherine Rich. More >>
Auckland may escape cold showers
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 3:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
A contractual anomaly could see Aucklanders escaping cold showers even if the rest of the country has to endure them, according to National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee. More >>
PM caught fudging answers again
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
For the second day running National Party Leader Bill English is raising serious questions about the Prime Minister's integrity. More >>
National pledges support for Project Aqua
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 2:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is throwing its support behind Meridian Energy's new hydro project in Otago known as Project Aqua. More >>
Kiwi travellers still lose in revamped air deal
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 12:12 am | New Zealand National Party
The Kiwi traveller can take no comfort from the re-shaping of the deal that would give Qantas a big stake in New Zealand's national airline, according to the National Party. More >>
Health Minister abandons patients
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 12:12 am | New Zealand National Party
Port Waikato MP Dr Paul Hutchison is accusing the Health Minister of abandoning a South Auckland general practice and its patients. More >>
Family definition so wide it includes gangs
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
The definition of 'family group' in the Family Commission Bill, introduced to Parliament today, is so wide it includes Black Power, Mongrel Mob, Hell's Angels and triads, says National Social Services Spokesperson Katherine Rich. More >>
